PorkaMorka
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"RPGs are too long" is another way of saying "Developers, please give us less content for our gaming dollar".
I can't understand why anyone would say "I'd rather have 30 hours of fun content, 40 hours of fun content is just too much fun for me", assuming price stayed the same.
Many RPGs are too bloated and full of worthless filler, but that is an entirely separate issue from excessive length. If someone raised the point that RPGs are often not as enjoyable as they should be, I would not disagree.
One reason that BG2 is my favorite RPG is that they gave us an incredibly high amount of (mostly) non filler content for the same price as other games that you can finish in 7 hours. The amount of value provided per dollar was really high.
I can't understand why anyone would say "I'd rather have 30 hours of fun content, 40 hours of fun content is just too much fun for me", assuming price stayed the same.
Many RPGs are too bloated and full of worthless filler, but that is an entirely separate issue from excessive length. If someone raised the point that RPGs are often not as enjoyable as they should be, I would not disagree.
One reason that BG2 is my favorite RPG is that they gave us an incredibly high amount of (mostly) non filler content for the same price as other games that you can finish in 7 hours. The amount of value provided per dollar was really high.